The group of people, tightly bound, sat in a circle. They only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the people in front of them leave with their spoils.

But when they thought about their current situation, they began to struggle violently.

Their hands and feet were bound together, and even their mouths were tightly gagged to prevent them from calling for help.

After struggling for a while, realizing there was no way to escape, she finally gave up and collapsed on the ground.

Sicheng and his men not only confiscated the guns they brought with them, but also took away the food they had brought.

It wasn't that they were greedy for these small gains, but rather that they brought only white rice, which was more than enough for the team to cook a pot of thick rice porridge, as compensation for the time they had wasted here.

When they passed the trap, Si Cheng told them to wait on the side, and with an easy leap, he landed right in the gap next to the bayonets.

As the bayonets were pulled out one by one from the bottom of the pit, it was discovered that these spendthrifts were using brand-new military bayonets, which they accepted without hesitation.

By the time Gu Nian, who was changing shifts, discovered their situation, it was already evening.

"What happened?" As soon as Gu Nian saw this, they rushed forward to help untie him.

"Why did you take so long to arrive? Luckily, no other animals came over, or we would all be dead." As soon as Nan Shulin was free, he started complaining incessantly.

Gu Nian said, "We came to change shifts at this time, we're not late. You haven't explained what's going on here?"

Nan Shulin was furious. "What else could it be? Are you blind? We were ambushed!"

Gu Nian stopped and stood aside. "It seems you've not only been ambushed, but your brains have also been stolen. What are you trying to prove with us now? You should think about how you're going to explain this when you get back."

Nan Shulin moved his hands, which had been released, and struggled to stand up, but fell down hard again.

"Are you blind?" he yelled at a soldier next to him. "Hurry up and help me up so I can move around. My hands and feet have been numb for ages."

Seeing that he kept giving irrelevant answers, Gu Nian asked the others, "Tell me what's wrong?"

“Our plan was discovered by the other side, they found us, and then you saw all of this.” Recalling the awkward situation they had been in, the person who was named simply said this.

Gu Nian noticed that not only had these people lost their weapons, but their food sacks were also gone. "Are you sure it was them?"

Nan Shulin said, "We're not blind, how could we not be sure? Besides, you've come too late. By now, they've already left this area."

Seeing that Nan Shulin was still shirking responsibility, Gu Nian retorted directly, "Then why don't you send us a message? Did you eat the signal flares we left for you before?"

Nan Shulin thought differently. "What about you? Didn't you see them walking past the city gate for so long? If you had noticed earlier, we wouldn't have had to suffer for so long."

Gu Nian directly mocked, "Even if you guard this place, people can still sneak up here without anyone noticing. Let alone that high wall, it's not an easy thing for them to carefully avoid it."

Nan Shulin was rendered speechless by his retort and could only glare at him fiercely.

Gu Nian didn't care about any of that. He led his men and started running towards the trap ahead, trying to make sure that the other side hadn't been hurt.

Looking at the completely looted trap, Gu Nian laughed. He really didn't suffer any loss at all.

Regardless of how they reported back or what punishments they received, the officials simply forgot about it.

Looking at the large bundle of weapons on the horse's back, Yun Jianying smiled and said to Wu Tianxi beside him, "We can do this a few more times. It feels so exhilarating."

Wu Tianxi said to him irritably, "What are you thinking about all day? Or are you thinking about how to get over that city wall later?"

Yun Jianying said nonchalantly, "Don't worry! They set up posts ahead because they think we won't come over easily. They'll be especially lax about the outside world right now. As long as we make as little noise as possible, we can easily get past them without them knowing."

Wu Tianxi glanced at the number of people in the group. Although there weren't many, there were still about thirty people, which was enough to alert the other side.

Seeing his pathetic state, Yun Jianying knew what he was worried about. "Don't worry about that. If it really comes to that, we are not without the ability to fight back."

Sure enough, when they walked right past the door, not a single person peeked out to see what was going on.

Wu Tianxi held his breath until he was out of sight of the wall before slowly exhaling. "Are they too confident, or too arrogant?"

Yun Jianying shrugged. "That's because they're very confident in their city walls. I even found this signal flare on them. They're waiting for news. They think we can't get through the previous checkpoints, so they definitely won't focus their efforts on the outside of the walls."

Wu Tianxi said, "We have to thank them for being so careless, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to pass through so easily. But it might not be so easy to travel this route again in the future."

Wu Tianxiang patted his head. "Why worry about these things? Do you think they'll be waiting outside for us every day from now on? Waiting for that one in ten thousand chance that we'll pass by their door again?"

Si Cheng and Yun Qi breathed a sigh of relief. They weren't as calm as they appeared. If they really got into a fight with the team here, they might not be able to escape safely with just their numbers and weapons.

The two looked at each other and smiled with relief; the crisis was finally over.

The crisis here has been resolved, but the village is now facing a severe test.

The people guarding the back mountain heard noises coming from the mountain again at dusk, so they quickly blew their whistles and struck their gongs.

Instead of the entire village running out, every household began to close their doors and windows tightly, and some timid people even took their children and hid in the cellar.

The other able-bodied men rushed over with weapons, and sure enough, the giant snake came down the mountain again.

But this time it didn't enter the trench; instead, it stood on the other side of the mountain, confronting this side.

With such a large snake so close at hand, everyone finally understood some details they hadn't noticed before.

Its net-like outer skin looked so shiny and smooth, and its huge body was like a small hill encircling it, with its tongue occasionally sticking out in this direction.

Ugly eyes coldly stared at this side, as if scrutinizing which one would be easier to devour.